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Papua New Guinea
BEGINNINGS
1922 Iowa Synod (administered orphaned mission areas jointly with the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia) (Iowa - ALC - TALC - ELCA)
1932 American Lutheran Church takes over Rhenish Mission area (ALC - TALC - ELCA)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Apo, Geyammalo, Recollections and Experiences of a New Guinea Evangelist, as Told to His Son Yanadabing in 1964. Minneapolis: Division of World Missions, The American Lutheran Church, 1971. 47 pp.

Written in the Yabem language of New Guinea by Yanadabing. Translated and adapted by missionary F. Edward Pietz. Very interesting autobiography!

Anutu Conquers in New Guinea: A Story of Seventy Years of Mission Work in New Guinea. Columbus, Ohio: Wartburg Press, 1957. 272 pp.

"Anutu" is a name for God. History of mission work in New Guinea, including medical, education, etc. Includes information on local customs and cultures.

Arntson, Norma, and Solveig Swendseid. American Lutheran Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1989.

Narrator: Norma Arntson, TALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1963 - 1977.

The Arrow that Flieth by Day: Lutheran Mission Madan, New Guinea Territory. St. Paul, Minn.: Board of Foreign Missions, American Lutheran Church, [1938?]. 17 pp.

"Missionaries are attacked by savage natives while seeking for an airdrome site in New Guinea." Composite report from people who were involved.

Bayer, Sibylle and Martha, Hedwig Janner, Erika von Hahn, comp., translated by Julia Schopp. Torches of Grace: knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain: Friedrich Bayer and the New Guinea Mission. Calgary, Alberta: Parkland, Press. 1992. 108 pp.
Brandt, Amee, and Anna Marie Mitchell. American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1989.

Narrator: Amee Brandt, ALC/TALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1946-1972, 1977-1981.

Braun, Fred and Sheatsley, Clarence V. On Both Sides of the Equator: A History of the New Guinea and India Mission Fields of the American Lutheran Church. Columbus, Ohio: The Lutheran Book Concern, 1937. 284 pp.

"Published by authority of the Board of Foreign Missions of the American Lutheran Church." Braun wrote section on New Guinea and Sheatsley wrote section on India.

Brown, Harold E., The Story of Education in the Lutheran Mission and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of New Guinea: 1886-1970. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1972.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea: Report on a Fact Finding Survey. Goroka, Papua New Guinea: Melanesian Institute, 1977. 230 pp.

English trans. from Neo-Melanesian Pidgin: Lukluk Na Glasim ol bilong ELC-PNG.

Flannery, Wendy, ed. Religious Movements in Melanesia: A Selection of Case Studies and Reports. Goroka, Papua New Guinea: Melanesian Institute, 1983.

Supplement to Religious Movements in Melanesia Today published as Point Series, No. 2, 3, and 4. Especially focuses on cargo cults and Christian revivalist movements.

Fliehler, Lydia, and Solveig Swendseid. American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1987.

Narrator: Lydia Fliehler, ALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1930-1943.

Flierl, Johannes. Appeal for Right: Some Strong and Valid Reasons Why the Lutheran Mission Finschhafen should be Left Undisturbed by the Present Government of This Colony. N.p., 1920.
Flierl, Johannes. Christ in New Guinea: Former Cannibals become Evangelists by the Marvelous Grace of God. Australia: N.p., 1932. 208 pp. Uncatalogued, ELCA Archives, Chicago.

"A Short History of Missionwork done by the Native Helpers and Teachers in the Lutheran Mission New Guinea."

Flierl, Johannes. E-Emasang, or A Marvelous Movement of Sanctification in Our Lutheran Mission-Church, New Guinea: A Convincing Evidence that Lowly Natives May Become Sincere Christians and Our Example. N.p.: Lutheran Mission in New Guinea., [1900?] 39 pp.
Flierl, Johannes. Forty Years in New Guinea: Memoirs of the Senior Missionary. Chicago: Wartburg Publishing House, 1927.

Published by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Synod of Iowa and Other States. Account of Lutheran mission work in New Guinea, 1885 - 1925. Work was established by Neuendettelsau Mission Society and Rhenish Mission Society.

Flierl, Johannes. Forty-Five Years in New Guinea, Memoirs of the Senior Missionary, Rev. John Flierl. Columbus, Ohio: Lutheran Book Concern, 1931. 204 pp.

Translated by Prof. M. Wiederaenders. 2nd. edition. Experiences of Rev. Flierl and detailed, comprehensive history of the Lutheran mission in New Guinea. Includes photos of missionaries in the American District and "Our Dead in New Guinea."

Flierl, Johann. My Life and God's Mission: An Autobiography by Senior Johann Flierl, Pioneer Missionary and Field Inspector in New Guinea. Translated by Erich Flierl. N.p: Board for Church Cooperation in World Mission, Lutheran Church of Australia, 1999.
Foege, Frieda, Our Days with the Lutheran Mission in New Guinea, 1929-1936. Lincoln, Nebraska: privately published, 1976. 124 pp.
Foege, Frieda, and Anna Marie Mitchell. American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1989.

Narrator: Frieda Foege, IS/ALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1930-1937.

Frerichs, Albert and Sylvia, Anutu Conquers in New Guinea: A Story of Mission Work in New Guinea. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 2nd. ed., 1969. 160 pp.

"Anutu" is a native name for God. History of Lutheran mission work in New Guinea from 1885 to 1967 (second edition), written by missionaries.

Frerichs, Sylvia, and Anna Marie Mitchell. American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Research Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1989.

Narrator: Sylvia Frerichs, ALC/TALC, 1937-1943, 1946-1976.

Fricke, Theodore, P., We Found Them Waiting. Columbus, Ohio: The Wartburg Press, 1947. 123 pp.

"Dedicated to Our Missionaries Martyred in New Guinea during World War II." Account of postwar missions in Papua New Guinea begun by German Lutherans and "orphaned" by the war. Author was sent to visit the field in 1945.

Fugmann, Gernot, ed. The Birth of an Indigenous Church: Letters, Reports and Documents of Lutheran Christians of Papua New Guinea. Goroka, Papua New Guinea: The Melanesian Institute, 1986. 276 pp. Point Series, No. 10.
Fugmann, Wilhelm. A Cloud of Witnesses (Hebrews 12:1): Stories of Our Leaders and Fathers in Christ. Treuchtlingen, Germany: Verlag Walter E. Keller, 2000. 191 pp.
Fugmann, Wilhelm. In the Valley of the Shadow...: Of the Life and Death of Two Witnesses of Jesus Christ. Madang, New Guinea: Kristen Pres,1996.

Published as part of Lutheran Missionary Classics, Papua New Guinea series, number 5.

Fugmann, Wilhelm. Zeugnisse :aus der Geschichte der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche von Papua-Neuguinea. Leutershausen: Mayer, 1986. 178 pp. 

Cover title: Zeugen.

Handbook on New Guinea Living for Lutheran Missionaries. Madang, Territory of New Guinea: Lutheran Mission Press, 1959. 179 pp.
Hannemann, Emil F. Keys to the Papuan’s Soul: Some Practices and Legends Current Among the Natives of the Madang Mission Field, New Guinea. Collected and briefly annotated. Columbus, OH: Lutheran Book Concern, n.d. 32 pp.
Hannemann, Emil F. Village Life and Social Change in Madang Society. N.p., 1943. 45 pp.
Hannemann, Emil F. Tibut, New Guinea Legends. Columbus, Ohio: New Guinea Section of the Board of Foreign Missions of the American Lutheran Church, 1934. 94 pp.
Hannemann, Emil F. Village Life and Social Change in Yam Society. Madang, New Guinea: Kristen Pres, 1996. 

Published as part of Lutheran Missionary Classics, Papua New Guinea series, number 4.

Hanselmann, R., In the Jungles of New Guinea: Informal Observations of a Missionary. Columbus, Ohio: Lutheran Book Concern, [193?]. 56 pp.

Native flora and fauna, culture, government, mission work.

Harms, Hartivig F. Concerned for the Unreached, Life and Work of Louis Harms, Founder of the Hermannsburg Mission. Addis Ababa and Hermansburg, Germany: Evangelical Lutheran Missions work in Niederachsen, Germany, 1999. 102pp.
Hoeger, Agnes, and Fern Gudmestad. American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1987.

Narrator: Agnes Hoeger, ALC/TALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1935-1967.

Inselmann, Rudolf. Christ Conquers Cannibals. Fort Collins, Col.: Mission Auxiliary of the American Lutheran Church, n.d. 31 pp..

Work of Lutheran Mission Madang in New Guinea, 1933-1943.

Inselmann, Rudolf. Justice in the Jungle of New Guinea. Fort Collins, Col.: Mission Auxiliary of the American Lutheran Church, n.d. 15 pp.
Inselmann, Rudolf. Letub: the Cult of the Secrets of Wealth. Madang, New Guinea: Kristen Pres, 1996. 

Originally a master's thesis written by Rudolf Inselmann in 1944 for the Kennedy School of Missions, Hartford Seminary Foundation. It was edited in 1991 by Rufus Pech and published as "Lutheran Missionary Classics" Papua New Guinea series, number 3.

Keysser, Christian. Eine Papuagemeinde. Kassel: Barenreiter-Verlag, 1930. 249 pp.

German language. Neuendettelsauer Missionschriften Nr. 65. Re: mission in Papua.

Keysser, Christian. Gottes Weg ins Hubeland. Dresden: CL. Ungelenk, 1936 63 pp.

German language. Mission in New Guinea.

Keysser, Christian. Sanggang, Cannibal Chief to Christian. Edited by Esther Winter. Madang, Papua New Guinea: Kristen Pres, 1986. 65 pp.
Koschade, Alfred. New Branches on the Vine: From Mission Field to Church in New Guinea. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1967. 175 pp.

Publication based on 1964 master's thesis. Includes discussion of indigenous theology.

Kriele, Edward.. Das Krenz unter den Palmen: Die Rheinische Mission in Neu-Guinea. Barmen: Verlag des Missionshauses, 1927. 200 pp.

German language. The Rhenish Mission in New Guinea.

Kuder, Louise, and Starr Huffman. American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1987

Narrator: Louise Kuder, ALC/TALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1934-1973.

Kunze, Georg. In the Service of the Cross on Unchartered Ways. Madang, New Guinea: Kristen Pres, 1997. 

Originally published by Mission House Barmen, 1896-1901. This edition translated from German and published for as part of Lutheran Missionary Classics, Papua New Guinea series, number 1.

Kunze, Georg. Pictures of Village Life On a New Guinea Island. Madang, New Guinea: Kristen Pres, 1997.

Originally published by Mission House Barmen, 1925. Translated from German by E. Scotney. This third edition was published as part of the Lutheran Missionary Classics, Papua New Guinea series, number 2.

Lutheran Mission (Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea), Correspondence between the Lutheran Mission and the Administration Concerning Co-operation with the Military Authorities and Military Activities, 1920-1942. Canberra: Australian National University, Pacific Manuscripts Bureau #645, 1974. (Microfilm)
"The Lutheran Mission in New Guinea Today." International Review of Missions, July 1952. 16 pp.

Reprint of an article from the July 1952 issue of IRM. Includes all Lutheran missions from various countries. Problem of "orphaned missions" during World Ward II.

Maahs, Arnold M. Our Eyes Were Opened. Columbus, Ohio: The Wartburg Press, 1946. 110 pp.

Account of a U.S. Army Chaplain’s experience in New Guinea during World War II. Description of his contacts with missionaries and the Lutheran church.

Mager, Alice, and Solveig Swendseid. American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1987.

Narrator: Alice Mager, IS/ALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1927-1950.

Mager, John F., Education and Social Change in a New Guinea Society. N.p., 1984. 48 pp.

Reproduction of master's thesis, University of Chicago, 1937.

Mantovani, Ennio, ea.. Twenty-Five Years of Service: The Melanesian Institute: Its History and Its Work. Goroka, Papua New Guinea: Melanesian Institute, 1994.

History of the Melanesian Institute; founders; activities (courses offered, research, publications); its future in the eyes of Melanesians.

Matthias, Erna, and Kathy Wise. American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1987

Narrator: Erna Matthias, ALC/TALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1947-1967.

Michelfelder, Geraldine M. Let’s Talk About New Guinea. N.p.: Wartburg Press, 1947. 24pp.

Written for the education of children about mission in New Guinea. Includes suggestions and instructions for handcrafts.
Location: no information available

Mild, Frieda, and Solveig Swenseid. American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1989.

Narrator: Frieda Mild, ALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1936-1944, 1947-1958.

Mild, Frieda, The Potter’s Clay. Great Neck, N.Y.: Todd & Honeywell, Inc., 1984. 262 pp.

Author was a missionary nurse, wife and mother in Papua New Guinea 1936-1958. Following her arrival on the field, she married Daniel Spier, who died shortly afterwards. Later she married Andrew Mild, a missionary physician.

New Guinea for Christ. Palmer, Iowa: Foreign Mission Board of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States, 1922.

Four sections: No. 1, "The New Guinea Mission, Our Sacred Trust" by F. Richter; No. 2, "Brands Plucked Out of the Fire" by Zwanzger & others; No. 3, "Sowing and Reaping Among the Azeras" by F. Oertel and S. Lehner; No. 4, "Short Stories for Children" by W. Kraushaar.

Pech, Rufus. Manub and Kilibob: Melanesian Models for Brotherhood Shaped by Myth, Dream and Drama. Goroka, Papua New Guinea: Melanesian Institute, 1991. 246 pp. Point Series, No. 16.
Pietz, Adina Carlson. "His Eyes Pierced Me ": A Half Century of Missionary Work in New Guinea from Stone-Age to Space-Age. Minneapolis: Division of World Missions, American Lutheran Church, 1971. 139 pp.

Account of missionary service of Edward Pietz and Adina Carlson Pietz, 1921-1966. Extensive descriptions of New Guinea people, customs & culture.

Pietz, F.E. Christianizing New Guinea. New Hampton, Iowa: Babcock Bros. Printers, n.d.11 pp.

Pamphlet distributed by American Lutheran Church, Board of Foreign Missions.

Preus, Jonathan. Report and Recommendations of the International Evaluation Team to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea. Lae, Papua New Guinea: n.p., 1977. 86 pp.
Reitz, Gerhard O. The Contribution of American Lutherans to Lutheran Mission Work in New Guinea from 1886 to 1945. N.p., 1985. 99 pp.

Good historical overview and summary; includes experiences of missionaries during World Wars I and II. Mimeographed.

Reitz, Gerhard O. The Contribution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea to Development in Papua New Guinea and Development of Church Music in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea. N.p., 1975. 55 pp.
Rot bilong kamapim has tru bilong God: a picture history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea, 1886-1996. Madang, Papua New Guinea: Kristen Pres, 1986. 80 pp.
Scherle, Edna, and Fern Gudmestad. American Lutheran Church Women in Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1989.

Narrator: Edna Scherle, ALC/TALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1972-1981.

Schoenberger, Nathalene and Omar Bonderud, eds. Report from New Guinea: Glimpses of the Work in Lutheran Mission New Guinea from Letters Written by Missionaries There. Columbus, Ohio: Wartburg Press, 1957.
Sherer, Ruth, and Staff Huffman. American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History and Archives Project. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1989.

Narrator: Ruth Sherer, ALC/TALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1946-1963.

Siemers, William H. The Story of the Japanese Invasion of New Guinea: The Imprisonment of Our Missionaries of the Madang District, and How Some Lived to Tell the Story. N.p., n.d. 32 pp.
Stories of New Guinea. Published in Columbus, Ohio for the Women’s Missionary Federation of the American Lutheran Church. Pamphlet, 16 pp.

Stories were written by "Pietz."
Location: Wartburg Seminary Archives

Taeuber, Richard, Days of My Years. Sioux Falls, S. D.: N.p., 1968.

Includes a section on "My Relation to Foreign Missions" which deals with service related to New Guinea.

Tscharke, Edwin G., A Quarter Century of Healing. Madang, Papua New Guinea: Kristen Press, 1973. 39 pp.

The story of Gaubin Hospital on Karkar Island off the New Guinea coast, founded 1948. Edwin and Tabitha Tscharke founded the hospital.

Wagner, J. F., The Outgrowth and Development of the Cargocult. Lae, Papua New Guinea: Lutheran Mission New Guinea, 1964. 203 pp.

"Paper prepared by assignment of Lutheran Mission New Guinea for the 18th Field Conference, 1964, held at Katharine Lehmann School, Wau, 28th January - 6th February 1964." History of cargo aspirations in the Kalesa Circuit beginning in 1933.

Walck, Marion, and Solveig Swendseid. Women in Global Mission: an Oral History. Chicago: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Division for Global Mission, 1993.

Narrator: Marion Walck, ALC/TALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1946-1973.

Wegenast, Esther Dockter. In His Service. N.p.: Morris Publishing, 1996. 94 pp.

Account of volunteer service of author’s late husband who served as part of a group doing postwar rebuilding in New Guinea in 1946-48.

Winter, Theora, and Anna Marie Mitchell. American Lutheran Church Women in World Mission: an Oral History. Minneapolis: The American Lutheran Church, Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation, 1989.

Narrator: Theora Winter, ALC/TALC missionary to Papua New Guinea, 1947-1969.

Zeilinger, G. J., ed. Year Book of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in New Guinea. Chicago: Wartburg Publishing House, 1926. 95 pp.

Published for the Board of Foreign Mission, Iowa Synod. Description of New Guinea, numerous reports on aspects of the country and mission, statistics. Dedicated to "Our Beloved Senior Missionary the Rev. J. Flierl."

Zollner, Siegfried, The Religion of the Yali in the Highlands of Irian Jaya. Goroka, Papua New Guinea: Melanesian Institute, 1988. 207 pp.

Translation and synopsis by Jan A. Godschalk of Lebensbaum und Schweinekult.

 

 

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
Ackermann, Martin W., "The Concept of the Soul among the Bukaua and Kai Tribes of New Guinea." thesis, Hartford Seminary, 1944. 106 pp.

Not clear whether this is in the context of Lutheran mission or not.

Brown, Harold Eugene. "The Story of Education in Lutheran Mission and Evangelical Lutheran Church of New Guinea (1886 - 1970)." Ph.D. diss., Ohio State University, 1972.

Brown was a missionary to PNG 1954-1972.

Felde, Marcus P. B. "Song and Stance: Local Theology for the Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea." Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1995. 251 pp.
Gerhardy, Gordon J. "Hermann Sasse on Confession and Culture for a Younger Church." master's thesis, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1981. 191 pp.
Harrison, Brian W. "Christ and Culture in Northeast New Guinea: Social and Educational Policies and Attitudes of Lutheran Missionaries in New Guinea, 1886-1942." master's thesis, University of Papua New Guinea, 1975. 274 pp.
Inselmann, Rudolph. "Changing Missionary Methods in Lutmis New Guinea. bachelor's thesis, Wartburg Seminary, 1948. 30 pp.

"Lutmis" is Lutheran Mission. History of Lutheran mission work in New Guinea and description of changing methods. Discussion of cargo cult as a hindrance to church growth.

Inselmann, Rudolph. "Letub: The Cult of the Secrets of Wealth." master's thesis, Hartford Seminary, 1944. 140 pp.

Focuses on people in the Madang area and the history of their contacts with Westerners.

Kemung, Zirajukic Numuc. "Melanesian Understanding of the Church: Historical and Theological Perspectives." S.T.M. thesis, n.d. Wartburg Seminary. 161 pp.
Kigasung, Wesley W. "Change and Development in a Local Church: A History of the Bukawa Church Since 1906." master's thesis, University of Papua New Guinea, 1978.

Includes bibliography of and articles by Stephan Lehner, German missionary in New Guinea from 1902-1943.
Location: Luther Seminary

Kigasung, Wesley Waekesa. "The Lutheran Approach to the Ministry and Ministerial Functions in Papua New Guinea: A Historical Perspective." Th.D. thesis, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1992. 226 pp.
Koschade, Alfred. New Branches on the Vine: The Indigenization of the Younger Churches as a Theological Task, with Specific Reference to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of New Guinea. master's thesis, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1964. 175 pp.
Lockwood, Gregory. "The Peace of the Kingdom: A Study of the Concept of "Peace" in the New Testament and Lutheran Missiology, with Particular Reference to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea. Ph.D. diss., Concordia Seminary, 1983. 279 pp.
Senff, Paul G. "Crossing Melanesian Mountains and Cultures: A Proposal for Continuing Education for Ministers and Administrators in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea." D. Min. thesis, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1989. 139 pp.

History of Papua New Guinea, needs in society, model for ministry in that setting.

Siawong, Windiong Londy. "The People and the Works of the Lutheran Church in Hubeland." S.T.M. thesis, Wartburg Theological Seminary, 1989. 176 pp.
Theile, Kenneth W. "Guidelines for the Establishment of a Bible Correspondence Program for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of New Guinea." master's thesis, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1967. 176pp.

Author served as a missionary in New Guinea from 1951-1966.

Theile, Kenneth W. "Lutheran Witness in Lae, New Guinea." Th.D. thesis, Concordia Seminary, 1974. 569pp. Focus on the urban area of Lae. Includes evangelism, education, worship, social service.
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